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I added wax statues with this reaction.  I imagine it's trivially modified to make blocks instead:

[REACTION:MAKE_WAX_STATUE]
   [NAME:make wax statue]
   [BUILDING:CRAFTSMAN:NONE]
   [REAGENT:wax:300:GLOB:NONE:NONE:NONE]
      [REACTION_CLASS:WAX]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:STATUE:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:wax:NONE]
   [SKILL:WAX_WORKING]

All the basic modding rules apply:  you need to make a whole new world for new reactions to show up, and you'll also need to add your reaction ( [PERMITTED_REACTION:MAKE_WAX_STATUE] in this case) under [ENTITY:MOUNTAIN] in entity_default.txt

EDIT: Yep, according to the wiki you want the BLOCKS tag in your product.  I believe this will work, but I haven't tested it yet:

[REACTION:MAKE_WAX_BLOCK]
   [NAME:make wax block]
   [BUILDING:CRAFTSMAN:NONE]
   [REAGENT:wax:300:GLOB:NONE:NONE:NONE]
      [REACTION_CLASS:WAX]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:BLOCKS:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:wax:NONE]
   [SKILL:WAX_WORKING]

its just that defining a burrow to a new and constantly expanding fortress is extremely annoying.

If you're not opposed to using it, DFHack has options for auto-expanding burrows to solve that problem.

"autodump destroy" which will destroy all items under your cursor.

To clarify, I believe this command only destroys items under your cursor that are already marked for dumping.

This topic mentions cleaning the dead list.  It doesn't appear to give any noticeable performance gain but of course you can try it anyway.

EDIT: You might also want to consider how your dwarves are pathing.  Try to make use of traffic designations to stop your dwarves from considering dead-end routes.  For instance, adding a few tiles of RESTRICTED traffic going into a cave that you don't use may help speed up their pathing decisions (or walling it off entirely until you decide to use it for something).

Assuming you've already done the basic checks for malware, have you done any troubleshooting for Firefox itself?  I've been using Firefox for over a decade and have never had any not-easily-fixable trouble with it.  It sounds like you're using at least a few add-ons.  You can launch Firefox in 'safe mode', which disables all your add-ons.  If you don't have problems while using safe mode, then one of your add-ons probably updated and messed itself up (or failed to update, and is no longer as compatible with a recent update of Firefox).

If you DO still have problems, it may be your profile.  You can either simply clear all your web data ("Clear recent history", clear all), or launch the Profile manager (from a command prompt do 'firefox -p') and just make a new profile.  (The profile manager is a nice, sort of 'hidden feature' of Firefox.  My wife and I can now both use my laptop and not destroy each other's saved tabs).

I probably have over 100 tabs (oops, should probably clean that out) open over four tab groups in Firefox and have no lag issues.  I use Firefox across Ubuntu, Windows, and Android and it works great on all of them, and they're all using Sync so I can easily open a tab I had open on, say, my work laptop after I get home.

Chrome can save your preferences, bookmarks, passwords, etc. as a profile that you can access from any device with Chrome

Firefox can do this, too, if you bother to take five seconds to set up Sync.  And as a bonus, it lacks the shadiness of Google.  You can even set up your own server to hold the Sync information if you feel like figuring out how to build the software they use.  That's the beauty of open source software.

EDIT: Also, if you're not already, use the add-on Ghostery.  Everyone should be using this add-on.  It blocks all the stupid crap that sites use to track you (facebook buttons, G+ buttons, third party ad tracker cookies, etc.) and serve irritating ads and pop-ups to you, while not entirely blocking all advertising like adblock pro does (so sites that use non-invasive advertising can still make money off of it).

Lazer mice don't do that either, it's an optical mouse thing.

HPMoR is going to end soon-ish

...by the end of 2014

You've got a while still.  At least he promised to wrap everything up with no loose ends.

Not all lava is an infinite source.  If you break the glass surrounding the lava in the science labs, it drains like water.  It's pressurized, so it fills more area than it starts in, but it's not infinite.  So I guess the lava at the bottom is different than other lava, or something.